As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones.

As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones.

It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now.

Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.

The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed.

A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life.

Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.